Definitions for smuggle
ˈsmʌg əlsmug·gle

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. smuggle(verb)

   import or export without paying customs duties

   "She smuggled cigarettes across the border"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. smuggle(Verb)

   To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties

2. smuggle(Verb)

   To bring in surreptitiously

3. smuggle(Verb)

   To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Smuggle(verb)

   to import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace

2. Smuggle(verb)

   fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely

3. Smuggle(verb)

   to import or export in violation of the customs laws

Origin: [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. smgan to creep. See Smock.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Smuggle

   smug′l, v.t. to import or export without paying the legal duty: to convey secretly.—ns. Smugg′ler, one who smuggles: a vessel used in smuggling; Smugg′ling, defrauding the government of revenue by the evasion of custom-duties or excise-taxes. [Low Ger. smuggeln, cog. with Ger. schmuggeln; Dut. smuigen, to eat secretly.]

2. Smuggle

   smug′l, v.t. to fondle, cuddle.

Anagrams for smuggle »

1. muggles, Muggles

2. Muggles

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smuggle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smuggle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of smuggle in a Sentence

1. Twafik Alskir:

   A Russian-flagged oil tanker was captured this afternoon when it tried to smuggle oil off Zawara.

2. Richard Donoghue:

   He betrayed a veterinarian's pledge to prevent animal suffering when he used his surgical skills in a cruel scheme to smuggle heroin in the abdomens of puppies.

3. Abu Mohammed:

   I have staff who still smuggle from different areas over the border for me, and when I ran away I collected many antiques, and some I’m waiting to arrive here.

4. Abu Abdulla:

   At least 100 drivers were killed trying to smuggle crude into Syria. Drivers are refusing to go because the smuggling route between Mosul and Syria has became a death trap.

5. State Department spokesman Mark Toner:

   We reject outright the premise that the Turkish government is in league with ISIL to smuggle oil across its borders, we frankly see no evidence, none, to support such an accusation.

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